HUDSON, HENRY G. Private age 36, Wyatt's Company, Texas Revolution.

"Henry G. Hudson ... a resident of Brazos county, Texas, ... was born in Tennessee, in the year 1800, and is the identical H. G. Hudson who was a private in the company commanded by Captain [B.] L. Lawrence ... and continued in the service of Texas ... for about 18 months, a portion of the time under Captains Thomas, Chaneworth, and Bradford, and was honorably discharged at Columbia ... 1837 ... by Cooke, Secretary of War ... and that he participated in several skirmishes and in the battle of the Mission Refugio at Colonel Ward's defeat." [Hudson's affidavit, Pension Papers, State Library, No. 676, May 15, 1874.]

"This affiant was in Captain Ben Bradford's Company. From Labadie we were ordered by Colonel Fannin to go to the relief of Captain King, at the mission, on a forced march under Colonel Ward, and was compelled to leave his mare, and everything he had ... except the clothing that he wore ... all of which he lost ... he having been prevented from returning to Labadie by being ordered by Col. Fannin to Victoria from the Mission." [Hudson's affidavit made in Brazos county, Dec. 19, 1859; Memorial, No. 247, File Box 42, Dept. of State Archives, State Library.]

He was one of Holt's water party, and escaped with Perry Davis and Richard Rutledge, assisted by John J. Linn. [See Linn's Reminiscences.]

The Land Office copies of the muster rolls indicate that Richard Rutledge came to Texas as first, or orderly, sergeant of Captain Wadsworth's Company [See Lewis M. H. Washington's account] but that he transferred to Captain Ticknor's Company, as third sergeant, after January 19th.

He was one of those who escaped on Ward's retreat, and the notation on the Land Office muster rolls, accounting for his escape, is "Left at Guadalupe." But a study of the narratives of Perry Davis, Samuel G. Hardaway, John J. Linn and R. L. Owens suggests that he was one of a party of seven men under Quartermaster General David J. Holt who separated from Ward's command to search for water, on March 16th, and did not rejoin it, but, on March 21st made their way to Victoria, a few hours ahead of the main body of Ward's command. They were fired on by the enemy at or near Victoria, and compelled to separate, but all of them, it appears, eventually succeeded in making their escape.

Richard Rutledge, Henry G. Hudson and Perry Davis made their way together to Linn's Landing, where they were rescued by John J. Linn; and escaped by boat to Matagorda, where they arrived on March 25th. [See Perry Davis' and Linn's Accounts.] Rutledge drew his own pay for his services as sergeant in Captain Ticknor's Company for the period Dec. 20, 1835 to April 1, 1836. [CMSR No. 198, State Library.].

--courtesy of Kristi (50524651) 3-12-24.